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Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Birthday: 1915-12-17 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. Woodbury received her first acting role in the 1934 film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was uncredited. Another uncredited role followed, with her first credited role being in the 1934 film One Exciting Adventure, which starred Binnie Barnes. Her first major role, billed as Nana Martinez, was in a Hopalong Cassidy movie The Eagle's Brood. Woodbury appeared in 15 films from 1934 through 1935, of which 10 were uncredited. In 1936, her career began to become more successful, with appearances in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studios. Her mixture of Danish, British, and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937, her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies such as Living on Love and Bulldog Courage, but also with her receiving many credited roles. In 1937, Woodbury starred in her first of several credited Charlie Chan films, titled Charlie Chan on Broadway. She also began appearing in numerous Westerns, portraying the heroine opposite some of the 1930s' biggest cowboy actors, to include William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame, Roy Rogers, and Johnny Mack Brown. Woodbury appeared in 50 films from 1937 to 1945, almost all of which were credited. Her most memorable of that period was her lead role in the serial Brenda Starr, Reporter, in 1945. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Woodbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

as    Red, the Bar-Girl

1945
Northwest Trail

as    Katherine Owens

1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

as    Leah Manning

1943
You Can't Beat the Law

as    Amy Duncan

1942
Phantom Killer

as    Barbara Mason

1942
The Living Ghost

as    Billie Hilton

1942
Dr. Broadway

as    Margie Dove

1942
A Yank in Libya

as    Nancy Brooks-Graham

1942
Sunset Serenade

as    Vera Martin

1941
King of the Zombies

as    Barbara Winslow

1941
In Old Cheyenne

as    Della Casey / Dolores Casino

1941
I Killed That Man

as    Geri Reynolds

1941
1941
Gangs Inc.

as    Rita Adams

1941
I'll Sell My Life

as    Valencia Duncan

1939
Chasing Danger

as    Hazila

1938
Crashing Hollywood

as    Barbara Lang

1938
Night Spot

as    Marge Dexter

1938
While New York Sleeps

as    Nora Parker

1937
Super-Sleuth

as    Doris Duane, a film actress

1937
There Goes My Girl

as    Margot Whitney

1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway

as    Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell

1937
Forty Naughty Girls

as    Rita Marlowe

1936
The Rogues' Tavern

as    Gloria Robloff

1936
Song of the Gringo

as    Lolita Valle

1935
The Eagle's Brood

as    Dolores

1935
Bulldog Courage

as    Helen Brennan